Mount Gambier forestry consultant Jerry Leech has backed calls for the production of biomass electricity in the region following a push by prominent businessman Adrian de Bruin. Source: The Border Watch

The illegal burning of land to make way for new plantings of pulp timber and palm oil trees is a regular occurrence on Indonesia's Sumatra Island, where many of the lucrative crops are grown. Source: Australia Network News

Australia has dropped a project in Indonesia to restore and protect forests and peatland in Kalimantan worth A$47 million after it previously axed a $30 million project to protect forests in Sumatra for the carbon dioxide they store. Source: Jakarta Post